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The male in breeding plumage is more or less unmistakable, except that there is a very closely related Siberian species which has occured in Europe. | The male in breeding plumage is more or less unmistakable, except that there is a very closely related Siberian species which has occured in Europe. | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | A common breeder in reedbeds and | + | A common breeder in reedbeds and marshland in much of Europe, it has over recent decades become less specialised in its habitat preference and is now found in drier habitats. |
[[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]] | [[Image:reedbunting_female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by postcardcv<br />female]] |
Revision as of 21:22, 18 May 2007
- Emberiza schoeniclus
Description
The male in breeding plumage is more or less unmistakable, except that there is a very closely related Siberian species which has occured in Europe.
Identification
A common breeder in reedbeds and marshland in much of Europe, it has over recent decades become less specialised in its habitat preference and is now found in drier habitats.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Emberiza schoeniclus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program